Assura (LON:AGR) Shares Up 13.5% - Time to Buy?

Shares of Assura Plc (LON:AGR - Get Free Report) traded up 13.5% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 46.20 ($0.59) and last traded at GBX 44.26 ($0.56). 209,090,922 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 1,369% from the average session volume of 14,234,824 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 39 ($0.49).

Assura Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of £1.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.55, a P/E/G ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 37.88 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 39.77. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 2.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.05.

Assura Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were paid a GBX 0.84 ($0.01) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 12th. Assura's payout ratio is -286.76%.

Assura Company Profile

Assura plc is a specialist healthcare property investor and developer. We enable better health outcomes through our portfolio of more than 600 healthcare buildings across the UK and Ireland, from which over six million patients are served. We BUILD for health, having developed over 100 new healthcare buildings in our history, and at the heart of our strategy sits The Bigger Picture; Healthy Environment (E), Healthy Communities (S), Healthy Business (G). Assura plc achieved B Corp certification in July 2024 - the first FTSE 250 business to do so.